Windows 2000 sysprep Disk cloning Utility

[kk5629]

We sysprep all of our systems before creating images for systems with approximately the same hardware (HDD's might be bigger, more memory etc... but as far as the HAL and the MassStorage devices, they are all the same). We use the -quiet switch and a switch called -defeat. I know what the -quiet switch is for but I cannot for the life of me find anything out on the -defeat switch. If anyone has any idea what this switch is for and why it may be needed I would appreciate hearing from you. It isn't any big deal it just bugs me that we use this switch for our image creation yet no one can tell me why.

Thank You

 

[reneep]

There's a MS Knowledgebase article, Q196667, on the sysprep command switches. It looks like -defeat is used for systems with retail versions of MS software.

Hope this helps.

Renee